General Cable Announces Major Underground High-Voltage AwardGeneral Cable Corporation recently announced that its French subsidiary, Silec Cable, has been awarded a $70 million underground high-voltage project, which is part of a $1.3 billion Middletown-Norwalk, Connecticut, electric transmission project. 01/26/07

Fujifilm Awarded Two New Amerinet ContractsFujifilm Medical Systems USA, Inc., recently announced that Amerinet, one of the leading healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in the United States, has awarded two new contracts to Fujifilm: a film and imager contract, and a digital x-ray and PACS contract. 01/18/07

Mergers & Acquisitions

Siemens A&D Acquires Software Producer UGS Corp.With its acquisition of U.S. software producer UGS Corp., of Plano, Texas, the Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) Group recently announced that it will expand its product spectrum in automation technology to include industrial software for planning, design, and simulation in product lifecycle management. 01/26/07

Onex to Acquire Kodak Health GroupOnex Corporation recently announced that it will acquire the Health Group of Eastman Kodak Company in a transaction initially valued at approximately $2.78 billion (U.S. $2.35 billion). 01/22/07

Siemens Appoints Kopanski and Batra to New Leadership RolesSiemens Energy & Automation, Inc., (SE&A) recently announced that Tom Kopanski, currently vice president of the Automation and Motion Division (AMD) has been named the new vice president of Power Distribution and Controls Division (PD&C). 01/22/06

Progress Lighting Picks Up Two Wins and Honorable MentionProgress Lighting recently won two awards and an honorable mention in this year's Lighting For Tomorrow awards. In the first ever solid-state lighting category, Progress Lighting won with the Lakeland outdoor collection from their EVERLUME(tm) LED (light-emitting diodes) series. 01/19/07